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Show Plesiosaurus' Skeleton Found by Montana Man Roundup, Mont. The almost complete com-plete skeleton of a plesiosaurus, a pre-histoiic pre-histoiic marine reptile, was found recently re-cently by three Roundup men. The fossilized remains of the animal were uncovered near Pole creek, about IS miles west of here, while the men. Louis Dartmouth, Dr. J. H. Johnson, and F. C. Montgomery, were on an exploring trip. The skeleton indicated that the animal ani-mal was from 15 to 16 feet long. It was Imbedded In Bear Paw shale about five or six feet below the surface. sur-face. A plesiosaurus, which lived In the Mesozoic age, had a long neck, a small head, and four paddles, corresponding corre-sponding to legs, which it used for swimming. The skeleton found near Pole creek was smaller than those found elsewhere. One was found in England which was from 25 to 30 feet in length. Ilartmouth also has found a section of connected, movable vertebrae of a member of the ammonite family, a low form of animal life, which was especially plentiful during the Meso-zoic Meso-zoic age. |